FRIZZLE (3)

Friz″zle (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Frizzled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Frizzling (?).] [[Freq. of an imitative word frizz, in dial. use.]] 1. 1. To fry, toast, or broil with a sputtering sound to cook with a sizzling noise. Also fig. Hawthorne.
2. 2. To cook, in certain way, so as to curl or crinkle up.
Drain and heat it in one tablespoonful of hot butter, to curl or frizzle it. Mrs. Lincoln (Cook Book).